Chapter 96: Toying With Obito
Mizukage’s Office, the gunpowder smoke gradually dispersed with the wind, Obito Uchiha stood in place, vigilantly scanning the surroundings.
A pitcher plant emerged from beside Obito’s feet, White Zetsu’s half spoke: “There is no one else around, that woman didn’t come.”
Hearing this, Obito’s taut nerves finally relaxed slightly.
Several months had passed since the last battle with Shura and that Uchiha called Nameless, but recalling that fight still left Obito with lingering fear in his heart.
Especially when facing that woman’s Mangekyo Sharingan, that sense of oppression!
And the terrifying power of the third power of Mangekyo Sharingan, Susanoo, erupting! It still haunted him to this day!
In comparison, although Shura had briefly clashed with him, he had not shown absurdly overwhelming combat power.
However, for that woman to submit to Shura, Shura must have something extraordinary.
“What are you doing here?” Obito maintained his phasing state, timing in his heart, and once it approached five minutes, he would directly escape into the Kamui Dimension, not giving the opponent a chance to engage in prolonged combat.
Obito’s phasing ability could only last five minutes, and when escaping into the Kamui Dimension, he could not maintain the phasing state, so he had to cautiously conceal this intelligence.
However, Obito did not know that Nagato had already detected the duration of Obito’s phasing through Rain Tiger Jutsu, which was five minutes.
Konan also began preparing six trillion explosive tags.
“I heard Kirigakure is a bit chaotic, so I came to take a walk and look around.” Menma, sitting on the ruins, spoke in a frivolous tone, as if he was really just strolling idly.
Obito naturally did not believe such a claim.
“What, have you taken a liking to some Kirigakure ninja? Tell me, maybe I can help you force him into a rogue ninja.” Obito probed deliberately.
For a ninja as powerful as Shura, there was no reason to attack the Five Great Shinobi Villages without cause, so Obito had been searching for the reason Shura attacked Konohagakure and Cloud Village.
Obito pondered in his mind what in Kirigakure might catch Shura’s eye.
Bloodline limit families? Three-Tails and Six-Tails? The seven ninja swords?
All possible.
Seeing Obito probing like this, the corners of Menma’s mouth under the mask curled slightly, unable to resist teasing Obito, so he said: “Simple, because a companion of mine was once killed by Kirigakure ninjas, so I came to take revenge on them.”
As soon as Menma finished speaking, Obito suddenly raised his hand, countless sharp branches shot out like arrows.
Wood Release: Ephemeral Technique!
These branches ruthlessly pierced into Shura’s body.
Bang!
However, the next second, the hit Shura suddenly dispersed into smoke, the pierced body turning into a wooden stake.
Substitution Jutsu.
“Tsk tsk tsk, losing your cool already?” A mocking voice came from not far from Obito.
Obito quickly turned, taking out the Uchiha Flame Fan from the Kamui Dimension and hurling it fiercely toward the source of the voice.
A crisp metallic clash sounded in the darkness.
The Uchiha Flame Fan was repelled back.
“Who the hell are you!” Obito grabbed the iron chain to retrieve the Flame Fan, gripping it in his hand, filled with dread and vigilance.
“That matter, no one could possibly know!” Obito, toyed with again and again, finally realized.
The single eye under the tiger mask, Mangekyo Sharingan bloomed with crimson light.
During the clash months ago, the opponent had called himself “Obito Uchiha,” provoking Obito, and plus that woman of his with Mangekyo Sharingan, many of Obito’s means had not been used.
Like the Uchiha Flame Fan, Wood Release.
This time, he was fully prepared, with twelve parts caution.
However, the opponent’s words once again shattered Obito’s psychological defenses.
He was almost certain the opponent knew his true identity.
But Obito could not understand it at all—not even Teacher Minato had guessed his identity, and even Kakashi thought he had died years ago!
The only ones who knew his true identity were the dead Madara, Black Zetsu by his side, and that group of White Zetsu who had once taken care of him!
However, even so, Obito would absolutely not admit it.
Obito Uchiha had long died together with Rin Nohara that night.
“Ah, who am I?” Shura slowly walked out from the shadows, pretending to ponder.
Then he clenched his right fist and lightly tapped his left palm: “I remember now.”
“I’m actually Hashirama Senju!” Menma imitated Hashirama’s voice.
“Hmph! Playing tricks!” Obito snorted coldly, feeling humiliated by the opponent again.
Since the opponent refused to show his true face, he must have ulterior motives and conspiracy.
Otherwise, knowing that he secretly controlled the Fourth Mizukage Kagura Yagura, he would not be bantering here but would go outside and shout, forcing Obito to abandon Yagura this pawn.
Since the opponent had other purposes in coming to Kirigakure, Obito decided not to entangle with him.
The phasing time was almost up, he immediately activated Kamui, his entire body swallowed by swirling spatial fluctuations.
Zetsu also hurriedly burrowed underground, escaping with Ephemeral Technique.
“Really no fun, can’t even take a joke?” Watching the two disappear from before him, Menma shrugged, not stopping them.
After all, he was not here to cause trouble for Obito and Zetsu, just happened to notice these two guys were here too, so he came to check and tease Obito along the way.
Eh, just for fun.
Menma turned to look at the battlefield outside, the Kaguya Clan Head was surrounded and attacked by numerous Kirigakure jonin, and after having his limbs severed, at the moment of death, he activated Corpse Bone Pulse: Early Fern Dance, perishing together with three jonin while heavily injuring dozens more Kirigakure ninjas.
But all the Kaguya Clan rebels had also died in battle, and Kirigakure Anbu had already gone to the Kaguya Clan’s Land to suppress the remnants.
“At least more backbone than the Uchiha… no, their clan head has more backbone than Fugaku.” Menma muttered his evaluation.
The dozens of Kaguya clan members who died in battle had each taken at least one Kirigakure ninja with them before dying.
The comparison between the Kaguya Clan and the Uchiha Clan perfectly illustrated what “one bearish soldier, a bearish nest” meant.
Fugaku’s indecisiveness and cowardice bore at least eighty percent responsibility for the Uchiha Clan’s extermination.
In contrast, the Kaguya Clan.
Though this rebellion failed, the Kaguya Clan erupted with fish-die-net-break determination, causing heavy losses to Kirigakure.
To suppress this rebellion, Kirigakure lost five jonin and over sixty chunin and genin in battle, with three or four hundred wounded.
Losses comparable to a large-scale battle during the Ninja Wars.
Half an hour later.
On a small hill outside Kirigakure, when Menma arrived at the meeting place agreed with Orochimaru, he did not find any trace of Orochimaru.
‘This guy, ran off so fast?’ As Menma pondered, he suddenly felt the surrounding mist thicken.
‘Heh, interesting.’ Menma chuckled lightly, instantly activating Kagura Shingan, sensing the enemies hidden in the mist.
Kubikiribocho, Hiramekarei, Samehada assaulted from three directions at the same time!
